Socioeconomic inequalities in overweight and obesity among 6-to 9-year-old children in 24 countries from the World Health Organization European region
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023761%3A_____%2F21%3AN0000008" target="_blank" >RIV/00023761:_____/21:N0000008 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/obr.13213" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/obr.13213</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obr.13213" target="_blank" >10.1111/obr.13213</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Socioeconomic inequalities in overweight and obesity among 6-to 9-year-old children in 24 countries from the World Health Organization European region
Original language description
Childhood overweight and obesity have significant short- and long-term negative impacts on children's health and well-being. These challenges are unequally distributed according to socioeconomic status (SES); however, previous studies have often lacked standardized and objectively measured data across national contexts to assess these differences. This study provides a cross-sectional picture of the association between SES and childhood overweight and obesity, based on data from 123,487 children aged 6-9 years in 24 countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) European region. Overall, associations were found between overweight/obesity and the three SES indicators used (parental education, parental employment status, and family-perceived wealth). Our results showed an inverse relationship between the prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity and parental education in high-income countries, whereas the opposite relationship was observed in most of the middle-income countries. The same applied to family-perceived wealth, although parental employment status appeared to be less associated with overweight and obesity or not associated at all. This paper highlights the need for close attention to context when designing interventions, as the association between SES and childhood overweight and obesity varies by country economic development. Population-based interventions have an important role to play, but policies that target specific SES groups are also needed to address inequalities.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30202 - Endocrinology and metabolism (including diabetes, hormones)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/NV17-31670A" target="_blank" >NV17-31670A: Lifestyle and cardiometabolic risks in Czech children and young adults: cross-sectional and prospective studies.</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
OBESITY REVIEWS
ISSN
1467-789X
e-ISSN
1467-789X
Volume of the periodical
22
Issue of the periodical within the volume
Supplement 6
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
13213
UT code for WoS article
000667491900001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85108941033